Carl Van, Professional Speaker, graduated from California State University, Sacramento where he received his bachelor's degree in Insurance. He began his business career in 1980, moving up the management ranks and culminating in Vice President/General Manager of a 600 employee company. He is currently President & CEO of an international training company.Mr. Van has been an instructor for numerous educational associations, and is the author of over 75 technical and soft skill workshops being taught throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K.He has set up 5 in-house training programs for various companies throughout the nation, and has written over 80 articles for many national magazines.Mr. Van… has been a keynote speaker at major conferences around the country, a trainer at an international U.S-Japanese executive training program, a guest speaker at hundreds of association seminars, and selected as the opening presenter at some of the most prestigious conferences in the nation.He is the Dean of the School of Performance, and has served as Regional Vice President of the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators.Mr. Van is owner and publisher of his own educational magazine, as well as owner and board president of his own annual educational conference and a bi-annual Executive Management Academy.He is the author and presenter of four on-line video training courses, as well as the author of two highly acclaimed books on the characteristics of truly exceptional employees which have sold in the U.S., Canada, Guam, Australia, England, Ireland, Singapore, Chile, India, and many other countries around the world.www.CarlVan.org www.Facebook.com/CarlVanSpeakerwww.Linkedin.com/CarlVan www.Twitter.com/CarlVanSpeaker